United States v. Gregory J. Carson

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

This appeal raises the novel question whether a district judge may require an offender, as a condition of probation, to make restitution to his victim for losses caused by the offense for which he was convicted, when the debt occasioned by the offense has been discharged in bankruptcy. We hold that he may, and that the sentence imposed in this case was therefore within the discretion of the district judge.

On August 2, 1977, Gregory J. Carson (appellant) presented to an officer of the Fulton National Bank (FNB) an assignment letter bearing the purported signature of the…